Gutter hanger



J. PEAL GUTTER HANGER Dec. 19, 1933.

Filed May 6, 1951 INVENTOR. 7 John Pea] ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 19,1933 I Q r GUTTER HANGER John Peal, St.'Bernard, Ohio, assignor of onehalf to Mathias-W. Rack, Cincinnati, Ohio Application May 6,1931. SerialNo. 535,538 '2 Claims. (01. 10829)' This invention, stated in its broadest terms, Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the hanger; relates to a combination support and hanger Fig. 4 is a side view thereof; for gutters of the type commonly used upon Fig. is a cross section through the, sleeve buildings and is readily adaptable to various portion of the hanger taken on a plane corre- 5 styles of gutters. I v sponding to line 5-5 of Fig. 4; and 6o; Heretofore the inside walls of gutters have Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank before bendbeen nailed to the frieze board and the outside ing. wall. supported by the .so-called gutter hanger, Referring to the drawing in detail and at which consists of a strip of metal bolted to the present to Fig. 1,,the shape of the metal gutter outer wall of the gutter and nailed to the sheetthere shown is known'as the ogee gutter to 51 ing, but the disadvantages of a hanger of this thoseskilled in the art, but it is to be unde type is that there is no support between the stood that round gutters, box, gutters or-any outer wall and the inner wall of the gutter, the other type of gutter heretofore supported by a major P n o the u t Weight being cargutter hanger can be equally well supported by ried by the hanger, and, thereforeplacing conmy improved han er, 7o siderable strain upon the bolt and outer end of Th t i l from whi h the hanger is made h h n rdepends upon the material with which the gutter Another v n e of the common gutter is made-that is, should the gutter be made hanger is t t W pa g the house, Should from galvanized sheet iron, the hanger would go the Painter rest his ladder against the gutter the preferably be made from the same material but 75 hanger would be put to considerable strain and Should th gutters b made of a copper alloy it in m ny cases u kle upwa d y or w w r y, would, therefore, be advisable to make the hangthus allowing the front wall of the gutterrto be ere from th same material, collapsed or pressed in towards the rear wall Referring now to t construction of my 0f t u proved hanger, an elongated strip of metal 1, as 80;

Still another disadvantage of the common guth n in Fig. 6, is provided with aligned holes ter hanger is that should the gutter become filled 2 and 3 near end 4, the opposite end portion 5 with snow or ice considerable strain is placed being suitably b t to form a tube or sleeve upon the outer wall of the gutter and the hangmember as h n in Figs, 3 and 4. The

e due to their Present Construction, Will not hanger is then bent between its ends at 7 so 851 ppo i n u n, he r sul bein that that the sleeve or tube 6 is disposed at an angle th utt r is forced out o shap a d. therefore, relative to the plane of the shank of the hanger, subjected to considerable damage, especially so as shown in Fig 4 Th l e o tub 6 is of at the soldered joint between the lengths of the size t bl for ivi large spike 3, as will presently be described and the holes 2 and 3 The leading Object of the Present invention is are of a size suitable for receiving a common to overcome the above described disadvantageous six-gr-eightpenny nail, features in the construction of gutter hangers To t l a gutter by th use of my improved and to provide a gutter hanger wherein the gutter hanger, it will be necessary to provide a 40 front wa l of the gu t iS rigidly Supported relehole 9 in the front wall 10 of the gutter and an tive o the real Wall thereOfaligned hole 11 in the rear wall 12 of the gutter,

A furth r o ject is to provide an impr ve as shown in Fig. 2. The rear wall 12 of the t h n e n whi h mp ic y is paramount and gutter can be equal in height to the front wall from which more efllcient results can be ob- 10, or, if desired, can be made of a greater ,5 tained because of the one-piece construction. height to provide flap 13, which flap, when in- The invention consists in the construction, stalling the gutter, is bent downwardly over the combination, location and arrangement of parts frieze board 14 and upon the sheeting 15, as hereinafter described and finally claimed. shown in Fig. 1. The tube or sleeve 6 of the In the drawing: hanger is then placed between the front wall Fig. 1 is a fragmentary isometric view of a 10 and the rear wall 12 of the gutter and the metal gutter supported by my improved gutter spike 8 passed through the hole 9 in the front hanger, a portion of the roof constructionbeing wall 10, through the tube 6, through the hole 11 shown to clearly illustrate the method of inin rear wall 12, through the frieze board 14 and stallation; into the end of one of the rafters 16, as clearly 55 Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of Fig. 1; shown in Fig. 2. End 4 of the hanger is then 110,5

securely attached to the sheeting l5 and rafters 16 by the nails 17, which nails are passed through the holes 2 and 3, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. With this construction, it will be readily apparent that the front wall 10 and rear wall 12 of the gutter are held in fixed relation relative to one another by means of the tube 6 of the hanger and the end 4 of the hanger securely fixed to the roof, as described.

I have found in practice that by supporting a gutter with a hanger of the construction herein described, the gutter is so substantially fastened to the roof that it will easily support a mans weight and, under tests, supports more than a ton, without damaging the gutter; it will support a ladder without danger of'buckling the straight portion of the hanger due to the support between the front wall 10 and rear Wall 12 in the form of the tube 6 and the work of installing the gutter is materially reduced for the reason that there are no nuts or bolts to contend with, the installation merely requiring the driving of two nails and one spike for each hanger; which are preferably spaced about two feet apart. I

An advantage of a hanger made in accordance with the foregoing description is that the gutter is supported in three places and the front wall 10 is rigidly supported in spaced apart relation relative to the rear wall 12, a feature which has heretofore never beenaccomplished, to the best of my knowledge, with any gutter hangersQ Another important feature of this improved gutter hanger is that its construction is extremely simple and consists of die and punch work.

I am aware that the invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof and I, therefore, desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with an eaves trough, a gutter hanger comprising an elongated flat strip of metal provided with nail receiving holes through one end thereof and having an integrally formed tube or sleeve at the other end eX- tending at an angle to said flat strip, said flat strip being adapted to be nailed to the roof and said tubular portion being adapted to be placed between the front and rear walls of the eaves trough and to have a nail driven through said walls and tubular member into the building whereby a strong and substantial construction is secured and whereby said hanger may be easily placed in position and secured to the building and to the eaves trough, substantially as set forth and for the purposes specified. 7

2. In combination with an eaves trough, a gutter hanger comprising an elongated fiat strip of metal having one end adapted to be secured to the roof and having a tube integrally formed upon its other end and bent at an angle thereto, said tubular portion being adapted to fit between the outer and inner walls of the eaves trough and to have a nail driven through said walls and through said tube into the building, substantially as set forth and for the purposes specified.

JOHN PEAL. 

